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dc.contributor.authorCalvo-Álvarez, Estefanía
dc.contributor.authorÁlvarez-Velilla, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, Maribel 
dc.contributor.authorMolina, Ricardo 
dc.contributor.authorPérez-Pertejo, Yolanda
dc.contributor.authorBalaña-Fouce, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorReguera, Rosa M
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-26T14:56:01Z
dc.date.available2018-12-26T14:56:01Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-04
dc.identifier.citationPLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Sep 4;8(9):e3075es_ES
dc.identifier.issn1935-2735es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/6948
dc.descriptionCorrection: First Evidence of Intraclonal Genetic Exchange in Trypanosomatids Using Two Leishmania infantum Fluorescent Transgenic Clones (PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Sep 4;8(9):e3075. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003075). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 May 17;10(5):e0004741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004741. PMID: 25188587.
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The mode of reproduction in Leishmania spp has been argued to be essentially clonal. However, recent data (genetic analysis of populations and co-infections in sand flies) have proposed the existence of a non-obligate sexual cycle in the extracellular stage of the parasite within the sand fly vector. In this article we propose the existence of intraclonal genetic exchange in the natural vector of Leishmania infantum. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We have developed transgenic L. infantum lines expressing drug resistance markers linked to green and red fluorescent reporters. We hypothesized whether those cells with identical genotype can recognize each other and mate. Both types of markers were successfully exchanged within the sand fly midgut of the natural vector Phlebotomus perniciosus when individuals from these species were fed with a mixture of parental clones. Using the yellow phenotype and drug resistance markers, we provide evidence for genetic exchange in L. infantum. The hybrid progeny appeared to be triploid based on DNA content analysis. The hybrid clone analyzed was stable throughout the complete parasite life cycle. The progress of infections by the hybrid clone in BALB/c mice caused a reduction in parasite loads in both spleen and liver, and provided weight values similar to those obtained with uninfected mice. Spleen arginase activity was also significantly reduced relative to parental strains. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: A L. infantum hybrid lineage was obtained from intraclonal genetic exchange within the midgut of the natural vector, suggesting the ability of this parasite to recognize the same genotype and mate. The yellow hybrid progeny is stable throughout the whole parasite life cycle but with a slower virulence, which correlates well with the lower arginase activity detected both in vitro and in vivo infections.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was partially funded by EU grant FP7-2011-261504 EDENext and the paper is catalogued by the EDENext Steering Committee as EDENext. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (AGL2010-16078/GAN), CYTED 214RT0482 and Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI12/00104) partially supported this research. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLOS) es_ES
dc.type.hasVersionVoRes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.meshAnimals es_ES
dc.subject.meshDigestive System es_ES
dc.subject.meshFemale es_ES
dc.subject.meshFlow Cytometry es_ES
dc.subject.meshHumans es_ES
dc.subject.meshHybridization, Genetic es_ES
dc.subject.meshLeishmania infantum es_ES
dc.subject.meshLeishmaniasis, Visceral es_ES
dc.subject.meshLife Cycle Stages es_ES
dc.subject.meshMice es_ES
dc.subject.meshMice, Inbred BALB C es_ES
dc.subject.meshPhlebotomus es_ES
dc.titleFirst evidence of intraclonal genetic exchange in trypanosomatids using two Leishmania infantum fluorescent transgenic cloneses_ES
dc.typejournal articlees_ES
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.identifier.pubmedID25188587es_ES
dc.format.volume8es_ES
dc.format.number9es_ES
dc.format.pagee3075es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pntd.0003075es_ES
dc.contributor.funderUnión Europea. Comisión Europea. 7 Programa Marco 
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España) 
dc.contributor.funderPrograma Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (España) 
dc.contributor.funderInstituto de Salud Carlos III 
dc.description.peerreviewedes_ES
dc.identifier.e-issn1935-2735es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003075es_ES
dc.identifier.journalPLoS neglected tropical diseaseses_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Microbiologíaes_ES
dc.repisalud.institucionISCIIIes_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/261504/EUes_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AGL2010-16078/GANes_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/PI12/00104es_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES


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